Mediocre mindless action effect film

Rating: 6/10 (21 August 2013)

There is so much potential in this film that it is a real shame that plot is almost non-existent.
Visuals in this film and the settings are very good. The Jäegers feel authentic, they don't shine like brand new. They look like they've seen the battle.
The music is nice, not good but not bad.
The acting is OK, nothing special here. The mandatory speech from the leading military guy was quite awkward.
But the PLOT, it has so many holes that its quite unbelievable.

Why do the Jäegers demand two pilots? I mean for common reason it should be quite difficult to make one giant robot to be controlled by two different persons. Common sense makes you think that it would be easier to enhance the controls so that one person could control them. Of course, this is essential to the movie

Totally moronic "World leaders". Freaking HUGE monsters start breaking skyscrapers like sticks, so after the Jäegers lose few battles they decide that it's better to start building walls using concrete and steel than to put more funding to Jäeger program

First Jäeger is the best. In five years they didn't create better Jäegers than the first American (suprise!) Jäeger

Only Kaijus can enter the rift. However when it comes to lifeboats, there seems to be no problem at all to enter the rift

The intervals between the attacks in the beginning are months. Maybe they should have built some fortifications, mine fields, guns and such to the rift? Or try to block the rift altogether. Maybe they did, it isn't told in the movie

Usage of a ship as a bat. Yeah right.

-Why on earth does the Jäegers punch the Kaijus? Put some freaking weapons on them! Surprisingly the most effect weapon, The Sword, isn't used in the movie until at the end

Ron Perlman character is quite unnecessary. I mean what does it bring to the movie?

The Kaiju tries to find the professor that linked to a partial Kaiju brain. Why? It wasn't explained in the movie in any way. Sure, they have collective hive mind, but so what?

I bet there are more plot holes, but these come to my mind right now. It's been few days after the movie so i could think the movie over.